Snake in the Greenhouse
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So...dear husband is building me a greenhouse from scratch...
Comments (55)Wow Lesli, a Live oak, I love them. I'm trying to grow a Live oak here in Pa. It is the Quartz mountain Live oak, the hardiest Live oak, probably in the world. It did good last winter, which was a mild one. Your's is likely a Texas Live oak, but, if you are in Eastern Texas you could grow the plain Live oak that is usually grown in the more humid (rainier) parts of Texas. And is usually found in the moister southern states. Either way that is a beautiful tree, and good sized, well, you did say it's 500+ years old. I hope mine can handle my winters good enough to get some size to it before I croak....See Morepost pics of your greenhouse interior
Comments (40)Hi Susan, thanks, I like nigella better than my real name, lol, I may sneak around and change it some day. I'm a bit of a hermit so not too many people will have to relearn what to call me! Yes, I have a real "thing" for begonias for some reason, I just love the variety of shapes, textures, colors and sizes of the foliage. I do have 'Looking Glass' so that may be what you're seeing. There isn't a chapter of the ABS here or I would be a member; it's not as much fun if you don't have any fellow addicts handy. Most of my begonias came as gifts or as trades, very few were actually purchased but the ones that were were bought locally. So many begonias won't tolerate the high heat combined with the high humidity here. Of all my begonias my favorite, hands down, is B.x rex-cultorum 'Cora Miller'. I love the way she looks like a "plain green" begonia until you look closer and see the play of reds, greens, golds, purples and cobalt blues in her large thin leaves. I'm truly enchanted by that one, then the second favorite(most of the time) is another rex called 'Harbor Lights', an almost black-leaved beauty with sprinkles of palest "ashes of roses" speckling. You can see some of them on my website if you'd like. I have a very close friend who just moved back here a few months ago from Oklahoma, she would very much agree with you. As for me, I admire anyone who can grow anything anywhere besides in sticky, steamy Mobile, Al. lol, I feel like I have an unfair advantage in a lot of areas because Mobile is kind of like a great big terrarium most of the year. Thanks for the kind words about the pictures! I'm so used to the moths we get that I don't pay them much attention. One we don't see much of is the Luna moth, there isn't much poison ivy in this area for the cats to feed on. The curtain isn't really a curtain, though, it's just the outside wall of the GH. I'll have to add a second page with pictures of the outside of each house soon. I'll post here when I get it done....See MoreIs it a snake ?
Comments (10)I stepped on a 14 to 16 inch coral snake in the grass while bare-footed in the back yard about 7 or 8 years ago. It didn't do anything but just lay there. I called my vet and asked him if he had known or read anything about anyone or any animal that had been bitten by one. He said he had not. I then read some stuff on the internet which said they were so non-agressive that children had been known to play with them, carrying them around in their pockets, etc. and had not been bitten. I'm sure not going out of my way to check this personally, but from what I read their mouth and fangs are small and not a good delivery system for the venom. I've seen only one since then and just left it alone. Be happy gardening! Here is a link that might be useful: Coral snakes...See Moresnake phobia PLEASE help moving to snake country
Comments (47)In my opinion best advice is to seek treatment for phobia. I had a severe phobia of dogs that I had to get treated and it is very worth it and I think a lot of people that have more "socially acceptable phobias" (e.g. spiders or snakes rather than beloved dogs, people thought I was evil for being scared of dogs! even though I have been up to cottonmouths before and been fine, didn't bother me,... but as a kid I got CHASED DOWN by dogs and attacked so...). We share this world with a lot of creatures, it's something to get used to. Desensitization&exposure therapy is best to build yourself up first before you ever see one. That being said, eliminating brush piles in areas you frequent/maintain a lot, keeping it open will keep snakes out of those areas and make them favor more wild spots. Keeping things open tends to be best for the more cultivated areas of the garden anyway, to maintain airflow. ALSO snakes are often not very active in the day except after rains. They don't like being out in the open especially in the day because one of their main predators, hawks, can see them. I rarely see snakes around my house and I have a bunch of brush lol I've only seen them out at night (there's the cutest baby kingsnake but i digress). avoid times when snakes are most active and you'll be a lot less likely to see them. anyway best of luck treating your phobia, it's a hard road but very worth it to be free of it...See MorePadinka
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